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  bg Color #004E36
  text Color wheat
  logo Minnesota Wildgif
  alternate Logo Minnesota-alternategif
  founded 2000
  home Arena Xcel Energy Center
  hometown St Paul, Minnesota
  team Colors Green, red, wheat, and harvest gold
  head Coach Jacques Lemaire
  captain rotating, currently Wes Walz
  alternate Captains rotating, currently Marian Gaborik <br /> Brian Rolston
  general Manager Doug Risebrough
  owner Bob Naegele, Jr
  minor League Houston Aeros ( AHL )
  championships None


The Minnesota Wild are a professional Ice Hockey team based in Saint Paul, Minnesota . They play in the National Hockey League (NHL).


FACTS

:Founded: 2000-01
:Arena: Xcel Energy Center
:Uniform colors: Forest green, Iron Range red, wheat, and harvest gold.
:Logo design: A stylized animal's profile, with a mural of green trees, red sky, a yellow sun, with a white star as the eye and a river as the mouth.
: Stanley Cup s won: 0


FRANCHISE HISTORY

2000 -- The Minnesota Wild pick Marian Gaborik #3 in Round 1 of the 2000 NHL Entry Draft .

2003 -- The Wild, in their first ever playoff appearance, make it all the way to the Western Conference Finals before being swept 4-0 by the Mighty Ducks Of Anaheim . Previously, the Wild had beaten the heavily favored and third seeded Colorado Avalanche in the first round in seven games, coming down from a 3-1 series deficit and winning both Game 6 and 7 in overtime. Andrew Brunette scored the series clincher. In the Western Conference Semi-finals, the Wild beat the fourth seeded Vancouver Canucks, again in seven games, and again after being down 3-1 in the series. In the process, the Wild became the first team in playoff history to capture a seven game series twice after facing elimination during Game 5.


SEASON-BY-SEASON RECORD

''Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in minutes''
:1 Season was cancelled due to the 2004-05 NHL Lockout .


NOTABLE PLAYERS


Current squad

''As of April 15 , 2006 '' {Link without Title}


Team captains

''Note: The Minnesota Wild are unique in the NHL in that the team has never named a permanent captain. The Wild have instead rotated the captaincy amongst several of its players (on a monthly basis) each season, with some players serving multiple times.



Hall Of Famers

''none''


Retired numbers

  • 1 Minnesota Fans, 1967-93 (North Stars) and 1999-present (Wild)

  • 99 Wayne Gretzky (retired league-wide by the NHL)



Franchise scoring leaders

These are the top-ten point-scorers in the history of the Wild. Figures are updated after each completed NHL regular season.

''Note: GP = Games Played, G = Goals, A = Assists, Pts = Points''



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